The skies are turning gray, and with those dark clouds comes that signature Pacific Northwest rain. What better way to escape from the dreary outside than to personalize your home lighting? The bathroom is oftentimes overlooked as a room that could benefit from home automation, but implementing different lighting systems can turn your bathroom into a calm, soothing, and sustainable oasis. Nothing is worse than bright fluorescent lighting while you’re adjusting to the early morning, or when you’re trying to relax after a long day. Investing in lighting control for your bathroom will not only reduce your electricity bill, but can also help foster a calming, aesthetically pleasing environment. Dimmers and Motion Sensors With the installation of dimmer lights in your bathroom, you can be in complete control of how much light you want to use at any given time. Motion sensors are another option for a sustainable and personalized bathroom experience. When installed, motion sensor lights will come on when you enter the room, and switch off when you...

Lighting control is one of many home automation features that can make your life easier. Whether you are hoping to brighten up your home during the winter, change your home’s lighting based on your family’s activities, or save money by using less electricity, implementing light control systems for your home can improve it’s comfort and function. If you are considering if lighting in control is the solution for you, here are a few benefits of using this technology in your home. Maximize Atmosphere and Comfort Lighting control enables you to manage the amount of light in your home and create atmosphere and comfort for the whole family. This technology allows you to illuminate a room for reading or technical tasks and dim a space for activities that require less light such as watching television or using the computer. Having more control over your lighting system will let you create mood lighting throughout your home and never strain your eyes because of too much or too little light. Increase Security...

Are you moving into a new building, or building the first brick and mortar location for your business? Is so, there are a few dozen boatloads of compliance laws you’ll need to meet. We’ll take a bit of that load off your shoulders for you with explaining what you need, and where to reference for official needs, for your exit signage. These compliance codes are all available at the source from OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. So, what are the precise requirements for exit signs and where they need to be? To begin: “General.” In every building or structure exits shall be so arranged and maintained as to provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts of the building or structure at all times when it is occupied. No lock or fastening to prevent free escape from the inside of any building shall be installed except in mental, penal, or corrective institutions where supervisory personnel is continually on duty and effective provisions are made to remove occupants...

Whether you’re looking to create a one-of-a-kind beautiful workspace, or your dream home, how the lighting looks, works, and consumes energy can affect you for years to come. Lighting design decisions are often more intricate and complicated than expected—and hiring a lighting designer can help alleviate the stress, effects of poor design down the road, and financial burden that over-consuming systems & poor quality lighting products can create in the future. When you’re getting ready to create or renovate a space, consult professionals (Pick us! Pick us!) to help you achieve outstanding, long lasting, environmentally responsible, and fiscally feasible results. Here are a few reasons why you might want to hire professional help for your upcoming lighting design project: WE KNOW LIGHT. And when we say, “we know light” we don’t just mean we know the difference between incandescent, fluorescent, and natural lighting. We mean we’ve studied the intricacies of how light plays on different surfaces, how it interacts with natural light in the space (at different times of...

So you just bought a house—and you’re ready turn it into a home. Or maybe you’ve owned a house for a while, and it’s just time for some updates. There is a long list of reasons that you might need an electrical service change—and an even longer list of reasons why you should hire one as awesome as Luminaire. For the new home owner, whether you bought an existing house that needs work, or you’re building your own home from the ground up, we can provide complete electrical service change, installations & renovations. That means we can bring your fixer-upper up to code, or start from scratch and wire the whole shebang. We’re also pros at helping you design a system that utilizes the best technology for saving energy & reducing your carbon footprint. For the renovators, flippers, and “uh, we should probably fix that”-ers, we can help you with any degree of work, ranging from the big & thorough renovations to the smaller general repairs & maintenance. If you’re...

So you’re looking into a home automation system… what now? No doubt as you’ve searched you’ve come across names like Lutron, Crestron & Control4—but really, what do they do? How can those products enhance your home & your life? Let us break it down for you. Lutron Lutron’s emphasis is lighting & shade control with energy-saving tactics & products. With Lutron, you can remotely (via remote or iPad) control the status of the lights & shades in your home while saving a great deal of electricity. Lutron automation can turn lights off when no one is in the room, set out-of-town patterns so your lights turn on & off and your blinds open & close while you’re away. With Lutron, you can even turn all of your lights on or off with one touch of a button! One of Lutron’s biggest advantages is their ability to save you money in energy costs! Crestron Crestron’s focus is on whole-house integrated electronic systems for your modern home. From music & TV...

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“Installation is complete and we couldn’t be happier. We have already detected benefits from our outdoor security lighting (fewer needles left around he dumpsters.) Residents seem pleased with it all. I have explained the energy benefits to them and the financial assistance from the city. They are, of course, jazzed about not having to change lightbulbs, which we had to do with some frequency before.

Further, we are happy and grateful for the excellent service provided by Pacific Lamp and Luminaire. Great people on both sides who really seemed to understand our situation and care about meeting our needs within our budget.” -Lana